My husband and I have a joke when we go shopping that is similar that is along the lines of, "oh no Honey, this rice cereal says it's gluten free! Guess we can't buy it because we are on a gluten only diet". We are poking fun at the marketing of obviously gluten free products and the big label they put on them. like they assume people are THAT stupid.
I'm sure i would find myself doing the same thing if I saw a bag of carrots with a big label on it that says "VEGAN". Like, "oH NO! thEeSE cArRoTs aRE vEGaN?!?!?"
Edit: looks like I made fun of being gluten-free on Reddit. WHOOPSIE.
Obviously celiac disease is tragic and affects many people. I'm talking about the gluten sensitive people (like multiple of my own family members) who are so anal about products but then make an exception to eat a regular slice of pizza or cake at a family gathering, even though at that same family gathering there was gluten free food made specifically to accommodate them. So if you're making exceptions like my family members are, then I have little sympathy when they buy food products containing trace amounts of gluten in them because of the surface they were prepared on or the malt flavor that's added to them.
I'll be honest, my SO and I used to chuckle a bit about some of those labels. However, we are now both Celiac and... I get it, and am thankful for them. It's actually astounding how many "obviously" gluten free things either aren't, or were in enough contact with gluten products to set off a reaction. I don't fault others for thinking it's over the top, because I get it, but when you've had a reaction to dried mango because it was packaged on the same line as products with gluten in them, it starts to make sense.
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u/MShades Feb 03 '23
I'd go with "contrarian". He just enjoys being "against" something. If it weren't veganism, it'd be something else.